To achieve optimal health it is important that we move a little bit everyday.
In this program Tai Chi 5 minutes a day you will learn basic tai chi movements
that are based on traditional tai chi but the movements are not important,
it is not important that you move correctly according to traditional taichi what is important
is that you make the time to practice daily.
The daoist philosophy says that it takes 100 days to create a foundation,
you plant the seed, you cultivate it for 100 days, and then at the end you harvest.
Well it takes the same amount of time to create a habit.
Habits can be good and bring us success and habits can be bad, those are the easier ones
because you will have created a habit of doing TaiChi everyday
you will have created a habit of moving in the ways of Tai Chi.
Stand with your feet together, bring your arms, up float up, breathe in
imagine just like a bird, you just come up
and down, your arms float down,
imagine in the water, the water comes up, you float up, and then you float back down.
Water rises breathe in, floating on the water, and then it goes out again, just like the tides,
Now we are going to hug the tree,
breathe in and open your arms, open your heart,
breathe out hug that beautiful tree,
and now, step on an angle and push,
breathe out, the wave goes out, moving with the water.
stand back, hug the tree, other side, step on an angle
the wave comes in, breathe in,
breathe in, follow the movement of the wave
this hand goes under, to embrace the moon
breathe in open your heart, caress the moon, and change sides,
and move the moon around your hands caressing the moon from side to side